Anton Ernst Oldofredi (1906-1982) was a German scholar and politician. In the early stage of the Second World War he served as the ''Volksführer'' of the German minority in

Carpatho-Ukraine Carpatho-Ukraine or Carpathian Ukraine ( uk, Карпа́тська Украї́на, Karpats’ka Ukrayina, ) was an autonomous region within the Second Czechoslovak Republic, created in December 1938 by renaming Subcarpathian Rus' whose full ...

and held the post of Under-Secretary of State in the government of the short-lived

Republic of Carpatho-Ukraine Carpatho-Ukraine or Carpathian Ukraine ( uk, Карпа́тська Украї́на, Karpats’ka Ukrayina, ) was an autonomous region within the Second Czechoslovak Republic, created in December 1938 by renaming Subcarpathian Rus' whose ful ...

. Born in Elbogen an der Eger on 13 March 1906 as Anton Ernst Fladerer. He took the name Oldofredi in 1936, having been legally adopted by the former Austrian count Léonce Graf von Oldofredi under Austrian law in that year. He obtained an engineering degree from the Technical University of Prague in 1929. Between 1931 and 1938 he worked with agricultural institutions in

Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the s ...

and

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. In Slovakia he joined the Carpathian German Party around 1935. Initially he was active organizing the party in the German enclave in Kremnica- Nitrianske Pravno. Later the party leader Franz Karmasin sent him to Subcarpathian Rus' to lead the party branch there. Following the 1938

Munich Agreement The Munich Agreement ( cs, Mnichovská dohoda; sk, Mníchovská dohoda; german: Münchner Abkommen) was an agreement concluded at Munich on 30 September 1938, by Germany, the United Kingdom, France, and Italy. It provided "cession to Germany ...

, Oldofredi was named by '' Volksdeutsche Mittelstelle'' in Berlin as the ''Volksführer'' of the German People's Council of Carpatho-Ukraine. In 1939 Oldofredi was elected to the ''

Soim The ''Soim'' ( uk, Сойм Карпатської України) was the parliament of the short-lived Republic of Carpatho-Ukraine. The assembly had its seat in Khust. Background The establishment of a ''Soim'', an autonomous parliament for th ...

'', the parliament of Carpatho-Ukraine. He represented the German minority on the unity list of the Ukrainian National Organization. As Carpatho-Ukraine declared its independence, Oldofredi was named Under-Secretary of State of the short-lived republic. He served as the head of the Deutscher Aufbaudienst in Slovakia during the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposi ...

, as well as serving in frontline cavalry. In 1945 Oldofredi moved to

French occupation zone The French occupation zone in Germany (, ) was one of the Allied-occupied areas in Germany after World War II. Background In the aftermath of the Second World War, Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin met at the Yalta ...

in Germany. He settled down in

Blieskastel Blieskastel () is a city in the Saarpfalz (Saar-Palatinate) district, in Saarland, Germany which is divided into villages. It is situated on the river Blies, approximately southwest of Homburg (Saar), west of Zweibrücken, and east of Saarbrü ...

Saarland The Saarland (, ; french: Sarre ) is a state of Germany in the south west of the country. With an area of and population of 990,509 in 2018, it is the smallest German state in area apart from the city-states of Berlin, Bremen, and Hamburg, and ...

. In Saar he worked as an agronomist at the Agricultural School of Blieskastel and Merzig and as an economic advisor to the Saarland government. In 1953 he obtained a doctorate degree in agronomy at the

University of Hohenheim The University of Hohenheim (german: Universität Hohenheim) is a campus university located in the south of Stuttgart, Germany. Founded in 1818, it is Stuttgart's oldest university. Its primary areas of specialisation had traditionally bee ...

. In 1954 the Ministry of Interior of Saarland declared the adoption of Oldofredi as void. In 1957 he obtained a dr. rer. oec. degree from the

University of Innsbruck The University of Innsbruck (german: Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck; la, Universitas Leopoldino Franciscea) is a public research university in Innsbruck, the capital of the Austrian federal state of Tyrol, founded on October 15, 1669. ...

. Between 1964 and 1970 he served as regional chairman of the Federation of Agronomists. In 1971 he moved to

Baden-Baden Baden-Baden () is a spa town in the state of Baden-Württemberg, south-western Germany, at the north-western border of the Black Forest mountain range on the small river Oos, ten kilometres (six miles) east of the Rhine, the border with Fra ...

. He served as chairman of the Institute of Cultural Anthropology in Freiburg 1974–1976. In 1975 he obtained a Dr. rer. nat. degree from the

University of Freiburg The University of Freiburg (colloquially german: Uni Freiburg), officially the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg (german: Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg), is a public research university located in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemb ...

. Oldofredi died in

Offenburg Offenburg ("open borough" - coat of arms showing open gates; Low Alemmanic: ''Offäburg'') is a city located in the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. With nearly 60,000 inhabitants (2019), it is the largest city and the administrative capital ...

on 15 March 1982.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Oldofredi, Anton 1906 births 1982 deaths Carpatho-Ukraine University of Freiburg alumni 20th-century German politicians German activists People from Loket German Bohemian people Czechoslovak emigrants to Germany